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Epigenetics and Chromatin
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Epigenetics and Chromatin

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Genetics 62 40 38 16
Molecular Biology 72 31 33 15
Biology and Biochemistry 458 37 35 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 126
Documents by Best Scientists*: 95
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 70
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.781
Impact Factor: 3.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Epigenetics & Chromatin?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Genetics, Chromatin, Cell biology, Epigenetics and Histone. DNA methylation, Gene, Epigenomics, Genome and Human genetics are all aspects of Genetics research featured in the journal. Epigenetics & Chromatin addresses concerns in DNA methylation which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Methylation and DNA.

Epigenetics of physical exercise and RNA-Directed DNA Methylation are some topics wherein Epigenomics research discussed in Epigenetics & Chromatin have an impact. The work on Chromatin tackled in it brings together disciplines like Enhancer, Regulation of gene expression and Computational biology. While Cell biology is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Gene expression, Histone code, Transcription factor, Heterochromatin and Transcription (biology).

It explores issues in Histone code which can be linked to other research areas like Histone H2A, Histone methyltransferase, Histone methylation and Histone H1. In Epigenetics & Chromatin, Cancer research, Reprogramming, Methyltransferase, Genomic imprinting and Epigenome are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Epigenetics research. The research on Histone featured in Epigenetics & Chromatin combines topics in other fields like H3K4me3, Molecular biology, Chromatin immunoprecipitation and Acetylation.

  • Genetics (53.65%)
  • Chromatin (44.19%)
  • Cell biology (43.65%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • De novo identification of differentially methylated regions in the human genome (410 citations)
  • Additional annotation enhances potential for biologically-relevant analysis of the Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip array (366 citations)
  • Constitutive heterochromatin formation and transcription in mammals (306 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Epigenetics & Chromatin:

Genetics, Epigenetics, DNA methylation, Cell biology and Chromatin are the main subjects of interest in the journal articles. The journal articles with studies in DNA methylation featured incorporate elements of Methylation and Human genetics. While Chromatin is the focus of the journal papers, it also provides insights into the studies of RNA, Molecular biology, CTCF and Transcription factor.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Gene
  • DNA
  • Gene expression

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Chromatin, Cell biology, Epigenetics, DNA methylation and Gene expression. The research on Chromatin tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of CTCF, Computational biology and Intron. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Cell biology, it also covered topics in Enhancer, Histone H3, Transcription (biology), Histone and Heterochromatin.

Epigenetics & Chromatin facilitates discussions on Epigenetics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Histone deacetylase, Bisulfite sequencing, Genome and Epigenome. Research in DNA methylation discussed is concerned with the study of Genetics as a whole. The study of Regulation of gene expression and how it intertwines with concepts under Extracellular matrix were explored in the presented Gene expression research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Histone crotonylation-centric gene regulation. (6 citations)
  • Chromatin accessibility maps provide evidence of multilineage gene priming in hematopoietic stem cells. (6 citations)
  • Stable DNMT3L overexpression in SH-SY5Y neurons recreates a facet of the genome-wide Down syndrome DNA methylation signature (5 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Epigenetics & Chromatin (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Benjamin A. Garcia (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Frank Grosveld (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Steven Henikoff (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jan Postberg (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Prim B. Singh (6 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Epigenetics & Chromatin (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Pennsylvania (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of British Columbia (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.13% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.22% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.04% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.74% of all publications and 50.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Characterization of the plant homeodomain (PHD) reader family for their histone tail interactions.

    Kanishk Jain;Caroline S. Fraser;Matthew R. Marunde;Madison M. Parker

    (2020)
    83 Citations
  • The solid and liquid states of chromatin.

    Jeffrey C Hansen;Kazuhiro Maeshima;Michael J Hendzel

    (2021)
    83 Citations
  • Efficient and accurate determination of genome-wide DNA methylation patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana with enzymatic methyl sequencing.

    Suhua Feng;Zhenhui Zhong;Ming Wang;Steven E. Jacobsen

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • BAMscale: quantification of next-generation sequencing peaks and generation of scaled coverage tracks.

    Lorinc S. Pongor;Jacob M. Gross;Roberto Vera Alvarez;Junko Murai

    (2020)
    59 Citations
  • Integration of sperm ncRNA-directed DNA methylation and DNA methylation-directed histone retention in epigenetic transgenerational inheritance.

    Daniel Beck;Millissia Ben Maamar;Michael K. Skinner

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • A standardized nomenclature for mammalian histone genes

    (2022)
    50 Citations

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